#B4A2BC#B4A2BC

#B4A2BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.042 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A2BC
RGB	rgb(180, 162, 188)
HSL	hsl(282, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(282, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 13.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, 11.38, -10.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 15.80, 316.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% 0.03 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.042 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8184, 39.1751, 52.9784)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A2BC #AABCA2

analogous

#A7A2BC #B4A2BC #BCA2B7

triadic

#B4A2BC #BCB4A2 #A2BCB4

tetradic

#B4A2BC #BCA7A2 #AABCA2 #A2B7BC

square

#B4A2BC #BCA7A2 #AABCA2 #A2B7BC

split-complementary

#B4A2BC #B7BCA2 #A2BCA7

monochromatic

#795F84 #977EA2 #B4A2BC #D1C6D6 #EDE9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B4A2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#B4A2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A2BC

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A2BC	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 162, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.042 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabdd0',
    500: '#b4a2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a2bc;
$custom-light: #cabdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 16.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73604,
    "c": 0.04197,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A2BC

secondary

#DBE1D9

accent

#9A4B63

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A2BC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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